American Express, World Monument Fund (WMF), and the Indian National Trust of Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) recently announced that the restoration of Balaji Ghat, a historic landmark in Varanasi, had been completed. To commemorate the occasion, a museum and cultural centre was inaugurated at…

The Deccan Odyssey has announced its 'Companion Free' scheme for bookings made before 30th April for the upcoming season of 2018-19. For the early birds, this would mean booking a Deluxe Double Occupancy cabin at an impressive discount of 50 per cent. The luxurious deluxe…

Japan has placed tourism at the centre of its growth strategy and inbound tourism has emerged as one of the important engines of economic growth in Japan in recent years. Japan achieved its target of 20 million inbound tourists by 2020 five year early and…

TOFTigers launches the 5th TOFTigers Wildlife Tourism Awards 2018. The theme of this year’s award is ‘Inclusive Conservation – People and Wildlife’. The Awards aim to highlight and reward the very best in the nature and wildlife tourism fields who are leading the way in…

The Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) grew by 10.1 per cent in February 2018 over February 2017. The number of FTAs in February, 2018 was 10.53 lakh as compared to FTAs of 9.56 lakh in February, 2017 and 8.49 lakh in February, 2016. The growth rate…

Las Vegas welcomed 42.2 million visitors in 2017, 19 per cent of which were international visitors that accounted for 31 per cent of direct visitors spending. Today, the city lays claim as the number one trade show destination in North America for the last 23…

Ramayana Circuit is one of the fifteen thematic circuits identified for development under Swadesh Darshan scheme of Ministry of Tourism. Sitamarhi, Buxar, Darbhanga in Bihar are among the fifteen sites identified initially for development under this circuit in the country. The State Government of Bihar…

India was awarded ‘Best Exhibitor’ Award for Australia and Oceania category at Internationale Tourismus Borse (ITB) 2018 in Messe, Berlin, Germany. K. J. Alphons, Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism shared two big achievements of India Tourism at ITB 2018. He said that the icing…

Indian Amusement Park Industry, that had sluggish growth till recent times, is set to witness a 10 – 12 per cent growth year on year for the next three years. This was stated by Shirish Deshpande, President – Indian Association of Amusement Parks and Industries…

India has won the "Best Exhibitor Award” at ITB – Berlin on its last day. ‘ITB- Berlin World Tourist Meet’ was convened at Berlin, Germany from 7th March to 10th March, 2018. India was represented by the Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism Mr K.…